Tip of the Month: May 2007
From Mastery of Learning
Ready, Fire, Aim
Many of us spend our time collecting information and planning what we are going to do. We think that there is a right way to do things, the first time, even though we are looking at things that have never been done before. We don’t have all of the information about what we are planning, and we may never have the complete information. In the area of anything that is totally new, we won’t know what information we really need. Engaging in something new is disorienting.
Many times, in cases like this, the best thing to do is just take the first step. That way we can start collecting information. When we have the information we can make the adjustments that we need to make in order to move on to the next step. We are likely to see things that we missed and we won’t see them until we take that step.
If we keep wanting to plan until everything is perfect and up to date we will never get the project off the ground. The tip is, plan to a certain point, put a design pause in, and go from that point. Take the first action step, observe what happened, put correction in, if needed, and take the next action step.
